"Pain is temporary; film is forever."
"Check the gate."
"Cut!"
"I'm sorry -- my bad."
"But now I'm a grip."
"Robinson, you stink!"
"Even the director has to pay up sometimes."
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?!
I can feel autumn in the air... Today marks the first football game of the year. Whoot!
West Virginia University Mountaineers vs. Liberty Flames
12:00pm Saturday, September 5, 2009
LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS!!
West Virginia University Mountaineers vs. Liberty Flames
12:00pm Saturday, September 5, 2009
LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS!!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
On this day...
70 years ago a war erupted. 70 years ago a conflict began. On September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. What was to be the bloodiest conflict in Europe began a mere 70 years ago.
I stand in awe of history. God can do amazing things... He stopped an evil empire from taking over the world. Praise Him from whom all blessings flow.
I stand in awe of history. God can do amazing things... He stopped an evil empire from taking over the world. Praise Him from whom all blessings flow.
Economic Thought of the Week
In civilized society he [man] stands at all times in need of the cooperation and assistance of great multitudes, while his whole life is scarce sufficient to gain the friendship of a few persons. In almost every other race of animals each individual, when it is grown up to maturity, is entirely independent, and in its natural state has occasion for the assistance of no other living creature. But man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only. He will be more likely to prevail if he can interest their self-love in his favour, and show them that it is for their own advantage to do for him what he requires of them.
Whoever offers to another a bargain of any kind, proposes to do this. Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer; and it is in this manner that we obtain from one another the far greater part of those good offices which we stand in need of.
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages. Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.
Even a beggar does not depend upon it entirely. The charity of well-disposed people, indeed, supplies him with the whole fund of his subsistence. But though this principle ultimately provides him with all the necessaries of life which he has occasion for, it neither does nor can provide him with them as he has occasion for them. The greater part of his occasional wants are supplied in the same manner as those of other people, by treaty, by barter, and by purchase. With the money which one man gives him he purchases food. The old cloaths which another bestows upon him he exchanges for other old cloaths which suit him better, or for lodging, or for food, or for money, with which he can buy either food, cloaths, or lodging, as he has occasion.
~Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Whoever offers to another a bargain of any kind, proposes to do this. Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer; and it is in this manner that we obtain from one another the far greater part of those good offices which we stand in need of.
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages. Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.
Even a beggar does not depend upon it entirely. The charity of well-disposed people, indeed, supplies him with the whole fund of his subsistence. But though this principle ultimately provides him with all the necessaries of life which he has occasion for, it neither does nor can provide him with them as he has occasion for them. The greater part of his occasional wants are supplied in the same manner as those of other people, by treaty, by barter, and by purchase. With the money which one man gives him he purchases food. The old cloaths which another bestows upon him he exchanges for other old cloaths which suit him better, or for lodging, or for food, or for money, with which he can buy either food, cloaths, or lodging, as he has occasion.
~Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Cooking with Grandpa
One of my tasks this summer was the evening meal. I was charged with planning, shopping, & cooking. It was a really good experience, though it was more difficult than I had imagined. Making sure it was delicious, nutritious, and new is not as easy as it looks. Last week, we had some company for dinner... I was busy getting everything prepared, when my grandpa came in and declared that I need help. And he was just the person to help me. His spirit of servant-hood is a great legacy and blessing.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Weird Dance Photo
This is what happens when your flash works... but the lens is covered with moisture. Hmm.
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